Iceland for Lunch

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This article was published 14/09/2008 (6488 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

If there is one place that can be relied upon to provide good food it is Iceland. Landing in Reykjavik this morning was a stark reminder that the Fall is really only a little while away. 8C, rain and cloudy skies. However, it is always nice to be back here, and having a direct flight from Toronto really made the journey easy.I  met a good friend in Reykjavik, Clive Stacey owner of the UK-based Discover The World tour operator, and generally find chap, and together we headed out over the hills to a small town on the south coast called Stokkseyri where there is an absolutely marvellous restaurant called Fjorubordid. I had been here before, but for dinner, and it was dark, but lunch was great and I could actually see the ocean. The restaurant in question serves lobster (really, smallish crayfish), and little else; and they do is so well. Sauteed in butter, some spices anad accompanied by a cracker of a white wine, it shook jetlag away immediately.And with the resent devaluation of the Icelandic Kronur (almost) reasonably priced, even for a Winnipegger. I would highly recommend anyone travelling to Iceland to get here; it is only an hour’s drive from Reykjavik, situated in a perefect region for sightseeing, eating and marvelling at this extraordinary country.And now, even though the rain is coming down, the clouds are thick and the outside temperature barely in double figures I am going swimming outside …  thermally heated pools are a wonderful invention.And so a weekend of exploring the countryside with friends before the work starts on Monday and the 2009 Vestnorden Travel Mart. It is the annual congregation of tour  operators who specialise in this region and an opportunity to meet with hoteliers, local operators, airlines and other elements of the tourist business from Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.It is a big part of our business, and the meetings will let us know who is doing what, and what fabulous new programs we can bring to the market in North America for 2009. Keep watching this site!